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Rooftop solar installations pick up in September, as home battery numbers hit 72,000

October 2, 2025 by Rachel Williamson Leave a Comment

Rooftop solar installations bounced back in September with households putting bigger systems on their homes, as home battery numbers leap to 72,000.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar

Households hit the breaks on rooftop solar in June. Will they make a comeback in July?

July 2, 2024 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Rooftop solar market hits a mid-year slump, with a sharp decline in monthly installations taking the shine off the record numbers seen in May.

Filed Under: Solar

As rooftop solar systems get bigger, home battery systems are getting smaller

April 12, 2024 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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The latest annual Australian Battery Market Report from SunWiz has turned up an interesting trend for 2023: shrinking average battery capacity of household systems.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage

Battery storage sales surge as households seek payback against the grid

April 9, 2024 by Rachel Williamson Leave a Comment

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Australians are increasingly keen on batteries, but the reasons why signal an ever-widening gap between consumers and industry.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured

Rooftop solar has second coming as households electrify everything – including the car

January 30, 2024 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Uptake of electric vehicles and home batteries has helped to deliver Australia’s second biggest year for rooftop solar growth – and a new record for system sizes.

Filed Under: Solar, Battery/Storage, Electrification, Featured

Rooftop solar system sizes hit record high with 10kW shaping up as new norm

August 3, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Latest data from SunWiz shows average rooftop PV system sizes hitting a new all-time high. Is the message to “cover the roof” with panels getting through?

Filed Under: Solar, Electrification, Featured, News

Home battery boom: The who, what, where and why behind record storage numbers

April 5, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Home batteries were installed in record numbers across Australia in 2022. We look at the data behind the sales and see who’s installing what, where, and why.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar

Australia’s top 10 most installed solar panels and inverter brands

February 23, 2023 by Joshua S Hill Leave a Comment

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Australian solar and storage research firm SunWiz has published a list of the country’s top solar panel and inverter manufacturers for 2022.

Filed Under: Solar, News

Rooftop solar costs in Australia jump for the first time in a decade

February 1, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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But Australian residential solar systems still offer some of the lowest costs in the world – particularly compared to today’s grid and gas prices.

Filed Under: Solar, Featured

Rooftop solar charts “massive upswing” as 2022 draws to a close

December 5, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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New SunWiz data shows a 26% jump in rooftop PV installs between October and November, as the race to install solar ramps up ahead of Christmas.

Filed Under: Solar, News

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